Years active 1967–1969 Albums A Young Man's Song | ||
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Past members David DennyJack KingGeorge TicknerRoss ValoryBobby WinkelmanBret Willmott Members | ||
Frumious bandersnatch cheshire 60s psychedelia
Frumious Bandersnatch was a psychedelic rock band in the late 1960s. The band was named after a character from the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky". Based out of San Francisco, California, the band was active from 1967 to 1969. Their initial three-song EP produced a minor underground hit with the song "Hearts to Cry". A recording of their live work, titled A Young Man's Song, was released on the Big Beat label.
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- Frumious bandersnatch cheshire 60s psychedelia
- Frumious bandersnatch a young man s song 1967 69 full album usa psychedelic rock acid blues
- Career
- Notable members
- Discography
- In popular culture
- Songs
- References
Frumious bandersnatch a young man s song 1967 69 full album usa psychedelic rock acid blues
Career
The band was formed across the bay from San Francisco in Contra Costa County, and changed personnel several times in their brief lifespan (1967–69). Interest from several record companies came to naught, and the band's only release was a three-song EP on their own label, pressed in a quantity of 1000 and distributed locally.
In 1967 the band played a benefit for the Canyon school near Berkeley along with Country Joe and the Fish and the Youngbloods.
Four members of Frumious Bandersnatch (Bobby Winkelman, Jack King, Ross Valory, and David Denny) became regular members of the Steve Miller Band. Valory, along with fellow Frumious Bandersnatch member George Tickner and manager Herbie Herbert joined former Santana members Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie to form the band Journey in 1973.
Notable members
Discography
In popular culture
The Frumious Bandersnatch is also the title of a 2003 police procedural novel by Ed McBain, one of the last in his 87th Precinct series of detective crime fiction.
The Frumious Bandersnatch is also the name of a Motel on the planet Talltree in the 1987 novel 'Red Limit Freeway' by John DeChancie, part two in the Skyway Trilogy.
Frumious Bandersnatch, along with the band The Flamin' Groovies, are mentioned in Roger Hall's 1970 novel 19, which refers to them both as one band, "Frumious Bandersnatch and the Flamin' Groovies" (first edition, page 110).
Songs
Woodrose SyrupThe Studio Outtakes · 2003
Can-A-BlissThe Studio Outtakes · 2003
Hearts to CryFrumious Bandersnatch · 1968